Paul Giamatti Articles
SIDEWAYS Review Pt.2 – Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church in Alexander Payne’s Sideways SIDEWAYS Review Part I Wallowing in self-pity, Sideways‘ straight (and morose) man Paul Giamatti tries much too hard to be likable; as a result, he fails miserably. I must admit, however, that I found Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor’s (widely admired) dialogue equally to blame. For instance: Maya: "Why are you so into pinot? It’s like [...]
SIDEWAYS Review – Alexander Payne scr: Payne, Jim Taylor
SIDEWAYS (2004) Director: Alexander Payne Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor; from Rex Pickett’s novel Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh Oscar Movies Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Sideways DAYS OF WINE AND LOSERS With the 1999 Matthew Broderick-Reese Witherspoon vehicle Election, Alexander Payne displayed a flair for satirical comedy the likes of which would have turned Billy Wilder greener (with [...]
Golden Globes 2011 Winners: Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal in Edward Zwick’s Love and Other Drugs 1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA a. BLACK SWAN Protozoa Pictures & Cross Creek Pictures & Phoenix; Fox Searchlight Pictures b. THE FIGHTER Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media; Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media c. INCEPTION Warner Bros. Pictures UK LTD.; Warner Bros. Pictures d. THE KING’S SPEECH See-Saw Films and Bedlam Productions; The Weinstein [...]
Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, INCENDIES: Vancouver Film Critics Awards
Lubna Azabal in Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies (top); Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman in Richard J. Lewis‘ Barney’s Version (bottom) The Social Network was the big winner at the 11th Annual Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, held at the Railway Club in downtown Vancouver on Monday night (Jan. 10). David Fincher’s Facebook drama won a total of three awards: Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (Aaron [...]